Securitas Technology Alternative (Formerly Stanley Security)

Securitas is known worldwide for guarding services, and its technology business can pair electronic security with on-site or mobile guards. Sometimes that's the right answer. For many buildings, though, live video monitoring with talk-down speakers covers the overnight hours for much less than a guard shift, and verified intrusion alarms bring police when something is really happening.

One guard post covering 8 overnight hours, every night of the year, adds up to about 2,900 hours. At typical local contract rates that's tens of thousands of dollars a year for a single post. Remote live video monitoring watches the same cameras during those hours, talks down trespassers over speakers, and calls police with a verified description, usually for a fraction of that cost. A guard still makes sense where someone has to check people in or physically patrol a large site. For after-hours lots, docks, and construction sites, remote monitoring often does the job. Mobile surveillance units cover sites without power or network.